Stonewall Vet Fred Sargeant Attempts to Erase Black & Trans Activists from History

Fred Sargeant, a 71 years old gay activist who has actively campaigned against the inclusion of transgender individuals in activist efforts has claimed that transgender people “Did nothing.”

Over the 50 years since Stonewall, a lot of folklore has developed around the fateful night in 1969 that saw a dirty dive bar, the Stonewall Inn, become the landmark of a tipping point in history that would propel the fight for LGBTQ Americans.

Was there a brick? Wasn’t there a brick? Was it a stone? A shot glass? Did street queens form a kick line and dance in front of Police? Who catalyzed the violence? Was it Marsha P. Johnson, the beloved black trans person? Was it Sylvia Rivera, the Latinx transgender woman who would later form S.T.A.R (Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries.) Was it the gender non-conforming lesbian, Storme Delarverie, a Biracial singer whose cry for help catalyzed the conflict that would ensue?